Re: brocade5100 ISL 5300 E-Port segmented,(Op Mode incompat)

The default for fabric.ops.mode.longDistance is 0. That parameter was made obsolote a long time ago. With all switches in the field you can set the longdistance mode for each port individually. But the "switch-wide" parameter is still a fabric.ops parameter (=> needs to be the same in all switches) and so it was kept in the config for legacy reasons... so that older switches would let newer switches join the fabric).

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